Freeman is an established boys' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Freeman is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,072 for boy births in the United States (and #8,707 across all names), given to 26 babies. Freeman first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (229 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,072 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,633 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,825 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,923 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,603 |
| 2020 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,183 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,832 |
| 2018 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,190 |
| 2017 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,814 |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,466 |
| 2015 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,917 |
| 2014 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,170 |
| 2013 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,147 |
| 2012 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,560 |
| 2011 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,459 |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,571 |
| 2009 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,126 |
| 2008 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,367 |
| 2007 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,152 |
| 2006 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,947 |
| 2005 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,111 |
| 2004 | 37 | 37 | — | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,220 |
| 2002 | 36 | 36 | — | #2,656 |
| 2001 | 35 | 35 | — | #2,707 |
| 2000 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,347 |
| 1999 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,077 |
| 1998 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,134 |
| 1997 | 42 | — | — | #2,107 |
| 1996 | 43 | — | — | #2,028 |
| 1995 | 39 | — | — | #2,115 |
| 1994 | 43 | — | — | #1,941 |
| 1993 | 47 | — | — | #1,802 |
| 1992 | 58 | — | — | #1,532 |
| 1991 | 38 | — | — | #1,993 |
| 1990 | 50 | — | — | #1,641 |
| 1989 | 36 | — | — | #2,004 |
| 1988 | 45 | — | — | #1,600 |
| 1987 | 40 | — | — | #1,692 |
| 1986 | 41 | — | — | #1,601 |
| 1985 | 57 | — | — | #1,270 |
| 1984 | 45 | — | — | #1,429 |
| 1983 | 56 | — | — | #1,224 |
| 1982 | 48 | — | — | #1,370 |
| 1981 | 58 | — | — | #1,201 |
| 1980 | 53 | — | — | #1,276 |
| 1979 | 40 | — | — | #1,497 |
| 1978 | 46 | — | — | #1,356 |
| 1977 | 50 | — | — | #1,259 |
| 1976 | 46 | — | — | #1,306 |
| 1975 | 61 | — | — | #1,072 |
| 1974 | 51 | — | — | #1,156 |
| 1973 | 57 | — | — | #1,079 |
| 1972 | 58 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1971 | 69 | — | — | #981 |
| 1970 | 67 | — | — | #995 |
| 1969 | 57 | — | — | #1,020 |
| 1968 | 53 | — | — | #1,021 |
| 1967 | 64 | — | — | #902 |
| 1966 | 58 | — | — | #955 |
| 1965 | 76 | — | — | #845 |
| 1964 | 72 | — | — | #896 |
| 1963 | 77 | — | — | #859 |
| 1962 | 73 | — | — | #893 |
| 1961 | 85 | — | — | #834 |
| 1960 | 105 | — | — | #753 |
| 1959 | 96 | — | — | #782 |
| 1958 | 78 | — | — | #858 |
| 1957 | 111 | — | — | #710 |
| 1956 | 130 | — | — | #669 |
| 1955 | 108 | — | — | #705 |
| 1954 | 125 | — | — | #652 |
| 1953 | 114 | — | — | #666 |
| 1952 | 104 | — | — | #682 |
| 1951 | 109 | — | — | #669 |
| 1950 | 114 | — | — | #654 |
| 1949 | 119 | — | — | #625 |
| 1948 | 129 | — | — | #589 |
| 1947 | 128 | — | — | #601 |
| 1946 | 114 | — | — | #607 |
| 1945 | 114 | — | — | #564 |
| 1944 | 130 | — | — | #533 |
| 1943 | 159 | — | — | #491 |
| 1942 | 135 | — | — | #526 |
| 1941 | 126 | — | — | #528 |
| 1940 | 121 | — | — | #533 |
| 1939 | 119 | — | — | #525 |
| 1938 | 128 | — | — | #513 |
| 1937 | 147 | — | — | #458 |
| 1936 | 134 | — | — | #488 |
| 1935 | 112 | — | — | #545 |
| 1934 | 132 | — | — | #503 |
| 1933 | 149 | — | — | #452 |
| 1932 | 153 | — | — | #467 |
| 1931 | 148 | — | — | #465 |
| 1930 | 164 | — | — | #463 |
| 1929 | 180 | — | — | #441 |
| 1928 | 173 | — | — | #461 |
| 1927 | 169 | — | — | #466 |
| 1926 | 204 | — | — | #423 |
| 1925 | 190 | — | — | #434 |
| 1924 | 195 | — | — | #437 |
| 1923 | 199 | — | — | #430 |
| 1922 | 184 | — | — | #455 |
| 1921 | 208 | — | #5,409 | #426 |
| 1920 | 201 | — | — | #419 |
| 1919 | 199 | — | — | #414 |
| 1918 | 229 | — | — | #393 |
| 1917 | 171 | — | — | #433 |
| 1916 | 173 | — | — | #430 |
| 1915 | 171 | — | — | #414 |
| 1914 | 135 | — | — | #409 |
| 1913 | 106 | — | — | #420 |
| 1912 | 103 | — | — | #380 |
| 1911 | 65 | — | — | #339 |
| 1910 | 52 | — | — | #357 |
| 1909 | 52 | — | — | #319 |
| 1908 | 45 | — | — | #338 |
| 1907 | 41 | — | — | #336 |
| 1906 | 42 | — | — | #320 |
| 1905 | 47 | — | — | #290 |
| 1904 | 40 | — | — | #315 |
| 1903 | 26 | — | — | #386 |
| 1902 | 40 | — | — | #304 |
| 1901 | 20 | — | — | #428 |
| 1900 | 44 | — | — | #320 |
| 1899 | 22 | — | — | #396 |
| 1898 | 38 | — | — | #308 |
| 1897 | 30 | — | — | #343 |
| 1896 | 25 | — | — | #391 |
| 1895 | 27 | — | — | #363 |
| 1894 | 27 | — | — | #353 |
| 1893 | 24 | — | — | #370 |
| 1892 | 19 | — | — | #451 |
| 1891 | 33 | — | — | #286 |
| 1890 | 28 | — | — | #330 |
| 1889 | 35 | — | — | #286 |
| 1888 | 34 | — | — | #308 |
| 1887 | 26 | — | — | #327 |
| 1886 | 21 | — | — | #386 |
| 1885 | 27 | — | — | #329 |
| 1884 | 24 | — | — | #364 |
| 1883 | 20 | — | — | #386 |
| 1882 | 29 | — | — | #320 |
| 1881 | 25 | — | — | #326 |
| 1880 | 26 | — | — | #337 |